Corporate Development Lead
Il y a 4 jours
Ghent VOV BE, VLG
Aikido
Temps plein
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- As our Corporate Development Lead, you will serve as the strategic growth engine for Aikido. You will lead our M&A, investment, and strategic partnership efforts end to end, offloading founder bandwidth, accelerating our roadmap, and shaping Aikido’s market expansion
- Source and build a pipeline of M&A, partnership, and investment targets aligned to Aikido’s strategy
- Lead first-contact outreach and early-stage conversations with target founders/CEOs
- Qualify opportunities and build the initial business case (fit, rationale, indicative valuation)
- Coordinate diligence and deal workstreams across founders, General Counsel, CFO, and Chief of Staff
- Maintain deal trackers, pipeline reporting, and the M&A program-office rhythm
- Support post-close integration planning alongside deal owners
- Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast
- Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path ### Benefits
- Remote-friendly
- Flexible
working hours
- Highly structured project manager capable of keeping complex, multi-stakeholder workstreams moving fast
- Deep industry knowledge (AppSec, dev tools, or the cybersecurity space) is a huge plus
- Proven maturity and commercial gravitas to comfortably lead peer-to-peer discussions with external CEOs and founders
- Experience in Corporate Development, M&A, Venture Capital, or Strategic Partnerships
- Strong financial/analytical foundation to qualify deals, evaluate valuations, and assess strategic fit quickly
- Ideally based at/near Ghent HQ to work closely alongside our founders
- Fluent in English with strong communication and a proactive “get stuff done” attitude